Ash receptacle



A. M. JACOBS ASH RECEPTACLE Jan. 22, 1935.

Filed April 11, 1934 Patented Jan. 22, 1935 PATENT OFFICE ASH RECEPTACLE Albert Michael Jacobs, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa Application April 11, 1934, Serial No. 720,084

2 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in ash receptacles for cigarette ends, cigar butts and the like which improvements will (a prevent the smoke emitted by a smouldering end. from escaping into the air; (2)) prevent the contents of the receptacle from being caught up and carried away by clothing worn or carried by persons who pass close to the receptacle; (0) permit of convenient and rapid emptying of the contents of the receptacle.

The receptacle is, therefore, particularly suitable for mounting behind or between seats in cinemas, theatres, and similar places of entertainment.

It can be emptied expeditiously when required, but the normal movements of persons in its vicinity cannot cause either partial or complete emptying of its contents.

The receptacle presents the general appearance of a closed box with a suitably dimensioned opening in the top to receive the objects for which the receptacle is intended.

The objects need merely be dropped into the receptacle, where they will be extinguished in a short space of time. The extinguishing agent is primarily the gases given off by the smouldering tobacco, paper, and the like, and the receptacle is shaped in such a way as to ensure that: (a) the gases remain trapped therein; (b) that the object to be extinguished lies at the lowest part of the receptacle.

The bottom of the receptacle is shaped in such a way as to cause the object to roll towards the lowest part thereof.

The opening in the top of the receptacle is the upper end of a tube or pipe which extends into the interior of the receptacle and is given suitable dimensions both in respect of diameter and length. Its position relative to they vertical sides of the receptacle is such as to ensure, in combination with the slope of the bottom of the receptacle, that the discarded object will not remain lying immediately under the lower end of the tube or pipe. Furthermore the clear distance between the lower end of the pipe and the bottom of the box is such as to ensure the complete emergence of normal lengths of cigarette ends and the like.

The size of the opening is such as to lend convenience to the action of inserting cigarette ends and the like even if the receptacle be not located immediately in front of the smoker.

Facility of emptying the contents is procured by the combination of the following features:

The receptacle is not actually a completely closed box as (in addition to the opening in the top) it has an incomplete back, the missing part being preferably supplied by a board on which the receptacle is mounted, or possibly by the back of the seat.

The receptacle is so arranged as to be capable of being swung upwards and outwards. One way of obtaining the desired result is by means of a horizontal hinge lying at the back of and at the top of the receptacle.

The back of the receptacle is preferably given a slope towards the front of the box, that is, the bottom of the box is narrower than the top.

The action of tilting the receptacle around the hinge causes the contents to roll readily towards the gap left in the back of the receptacle and to drop into any suitable vessel held below the receptacle.

It has been proved by experiment that with a neatly made receptacle of the kind described above no smoke will escape between the receptacle and the backing-board.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing which is intended to show merely one type of construction.

Fig. I is a front elevation.

Fig. II is a sectional view on the line 2--2 of Figure I.

Fig. III is a plan.

Referring to the drawing 1 represents a support which, in the case illustrated, is a backboard. The receptacle 8 is secured to the backboard 1 by means of wood screws 4 and a horizontal hinge 2.

5 represents the tube or pipe and 6 a deflector in the bottom of the receptacle 8 which ensures that the cigarette ends and the like will not remain lying immediately beneath the tube 5.

The bottom of the receptacle 8 is made narrower than the top by means of a sloping back 7 thus facilitating the ejection of the contents of the receptacle when it is raised so as to swing about the hinge 2. v

The contents are then ejected from the opening 9 into any suitable container held below the receptacle.

The method of working of the receptacle is as follows: 50

A cigarette end or the like is dropped into the orifice 3 and falls through the tube 5 on to the deflector 6 which diverts it to the bottom of the receptacle 8 and away from the end of the tube 5.

The action of the gases evolved from the cigarette end effectually extinguishes it.

The method of emptying the receptacle is as hereinbefore described.

I claim:

1. An ash receptacle comprising, in combination, a receptacle, a tube projecting downwardly from the top of the receptacle, a raised portion below the tube adapted to divert cigarette ends and the like from beneath said tube, a support, and means attached to the receptacle and to the support adapted to permit of the an opening in the back thereof.

2. An ash receptacle comprising, in combination, a receptacle, a tube projecting downwardly from the top of the receptacle, a raised portion below the tube adapted to divert cigarette ends and the like from beneath said tube, a support, and means attached to the said receptacle and to the support adapted to permit of the receptacle being tilted, said receptacle having an opening in the back thereof extending over the upper portion of the back and so positioned that 10 said opening is normally closed by the support.

ALBERT MICHAEL JACOBS. 

